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A village goes mobile : telephony, mediation, and social change in rural India / Sirpa Tenhunen.
LIBRA HN683.5 .T46 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tenhunen, Sirpa, author.
- Series:
- Studies in mobile communication
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and culture.
- Mobile communication systems.
- Social aspects.
- Cell phones--Social aspects.
- India--Rural conditions.
- India.
- Rural conditions.
- Cell phones--Social aspects--India.
- Cell phones.
- Mobile communication systems--Social aspects--India.
- Mass media and culture--India.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 200 ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Drawing on ethnographic field work, A Village Goes Mobile examines how mobile telephony contributes to social change in rural India. The book investigates how the use of mobile phones has influenced economic, political, and social relationships, including gender relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190630287
- 0190630280
- OCLC:
- 1013720667
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